Finnish–English dictionary

yliveto

(weightlifting) An exercise performed lying on the back in which the arms are extended behind the head and exertion lifts the weight above the head.

yliviivata

(transitive) To cross out something with lines etc.

ylivoima

Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence.

ylivoimainen este

(law) An unavoidable circumstance, especially one that prevents someone from fulfilling a legal (usually contractual) obligation.

ylivuotopato

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

yliyksinkertaistettu

Overly simple.

yllä

Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go. [first attested before 1150.]

yllä mainittu

Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

ylläkkö

An attack launched from a concealed position.

yllämainittu

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

ylläoleva

That which was stated before, the aforesaid, the above, the same, likewise.

ylläpitää

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]

ylläpitäjä

(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network.

ylläpito

Something that provides support or nourishment.

yllättää

To fill (someone) with surprise and wonder; to astonish, to astound, to surprise. [from 16th c.]

yllättäen

Unexpectedly or by surprise.

yllättävä

Sudden, without warning.

yllättävän

In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.

yllättävästi

Unexpectedly or by surprise.

yllättyä

(intransitive, archaic) To experience amazement; to be astounded. [from 16th c.]

yllättynyt

Caused to feel surprise, amazement or wonder, or showing an emotion due to an unexpected event.

yllätyksellisesti

In a way that causes surprise because it is unexpected, or unusual.

yllätyksetön

Not surprising; expected.

yllätys

A figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part.

yllätys-

The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

yllätyshyökkäys

An attack launched from a concealed position.

yllätysvoitto

(countable, sports, politics) An unexpected victory of a competitor or candidate that was not favored to win.

ylle

Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise. [first attested around 1150–1350]

yllin kyllin

In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

yllyke

Something that promotes activity, interest, or enthusiasm.

yllyttää

(transitive, crime) To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. [ca. 1350–1470]

yllyttää väärään valaan

(specifically, criminal law) To induce (someone, such as a witness) to commit perjury, for example by making a false accusation or giving false evidence.

yllyttäjä

One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

yllyttäminen

A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.

yllyttävä

Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

yllytys

The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; especially to evil or wickedness.

ylös

The up or positive direction.

ylös kaivaminen

The act of digging up that which has been buried.

ylös pyöristetty luku

(mathematics) The smallest integer greater than or equal to a given number.

ylös suuntaava

Directed toward a higher place.

ylösnousemus

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

ylöspäin

Facing upwards.

ylöstempaus

(Christianity) In some forms of fundamentalist Protestant eschatology, a prophesied sudden removal of Christian believers from the Earth before the Tribulation or simultaneous with the second coming of Jesus Christ.

ylpeä

Proud; haughty; disdainful.

ylpeydenaihe

Something or someone of which one is proud; that which is the source of self-congratulation and self-esteem (whether reasonable or arrogant), for example

ylpeys

Proud or disdainful behavior or treatment that reflects such an attitude (of haughtiness); arrogance.

ylpistyä

(transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

ylpistyttää

(transitive) To raise to arrogance; to puff up; to inflate.

yltää

(transitive) To give to someone by stretching out a limb, especially the hand; to give with the hand; to pass to another person; to hand over.

yltäkylläinen

Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

yltäkylläisyys

An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

yltiöpäinen

Indifferent or oblivious to danger or the consequences thereof.

yltyä

(ambitransitive) To increase (something) in extent or intensity; to intensify or step up.

yltyminen

An increase or rise, especially to counteract a perceived discrepancy.

ylväs

Having honorable qualities; having moral eminence and freedom from anything petty, mean or dubious in conduct and character.

ylvästellä

(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

ylvästely

Show; ostentation; glory.

ylväys

(uncountable) Elegant movement; elegance of movement; balance or poise.

ym.

And so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information has been left out on the assumption that it is similar or already known.

ymmällään

Thoroughly confused, puzzled

ymmärrettävä

Able to be comprehended.

ymmärrettävästi

In an intelligible manner.

ymmärrettävissä oleva

(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated. [from 1961]

ymmärrys

Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

ymmärtää

(transitive) To be fully conscious of; understand; be aware of; detect.

ymmärtää väärin

(transitive) To interpret erroneously, to understand incorrectly; to misunderstand.

ymmärtäminen

Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment

ymmärtäväinen

Showing compassion, tolerance, and forbearance; sympathetically aware.

ympäri

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]

ympäri ämpäri

Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.

ympäriinsä

From place to place.

ympärileikattu

(medicine, urology) Of a man, having had the foreskin of the penis excised.

ympärileikkaus

The surgical excision of the foreskin and usually all or most of the penile frenulum.

ympärillä

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]

ympärille

On all sides, or in every or any direction from a point; around. [from before 1150]

ympäripyöreä

(of speech) Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.

ympäristö

Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.

ympäristöä säästävä

Able to be produced or sustained for an indefinite period without damaging the environment, or without depleting a resource; renewable.

ympäristöllinen

Pertaining to the environment.

ympäristön

Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

ympäristön kannalta

In a manner affecting the environment.

ympäristön suhteen

In a manner affecting the environment.

ympäristönsuojelija

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

ympäristönsuojelu

Wise use of natural resources.

ympäristötiede

(biology) The branch of biology dealing with the relationships of organisms with their environment and with each other.

ympärivuotinen

Lasting or remaining active throughout the year, for multiple years, or all the time.

ympäröidä

(transitive) To surround.

ympäröidä käsillään

To put (one's arm or arms) around someone's neck, waist, etc.; also, to surround (someone's neck, waist, etc.) with one's arms.

ympäröidä koronalla

(transitive, rare) To surround with a luminous or crownlike ring like the solar corona.

ympäröidä muurilla

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

ympäröity

Contained; held within a container.

ympäröivä

Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.

ympärys

Immediately adjoining an urban area; between the suburbs and the countryside.

ympärysmitta

The circumference of, or distance around, any space; the measure of a line around an area.

ympyrä

A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.

ympyräkiekko

(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.

ympyrälevy

(geometry) A two-dimensional geometric region, the set of points bounded by a circle.

ympyrälieriö

(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.

ympyrän muotoinen

In the shape of, or moving in a circle.

ympyränkaari

(astronomy) An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.

ympyräreitti

(transportation) A bus or rail route, walking route, etc. that starts and ends at the same point.

ympyrät

(rare) A sphere of action.

ympyröidä

(transitive) To place or mark a circle around.

ympyröinti

The act of encircling or the state of being encircled

ynistä

(Northern England, Scotland) To make a continuous hollow low-pitched moan, as of cattle; to bellow, to low.

ynnä

(archaic) In addition. [first attested around 1150–1350]

ynnä muut

And others; to complete a list, especially of persons, as authors of a published work.

ynnätä

(transitive) To add together.

ynseä

Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

yö

(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

yö-

(of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.

yöaika

The hours of darkness between sunset and sunrise; the night.

yöelämä

Nocturnal activities, especially visiting nightclubs.

yök

Representing the sound of vomiting.

yökerho

An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

yökkäys

An attempt to vomit that ejects only gas.

yököttävä

Causing disgust; repulsive; distasteful.

yökylään jääminen

The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.

yökyläily

The act of spending the night as a guest in another's house, especially when the participants are children.

yöllinen

(of a person, creature, group, or species) Primarily active during the night.

yön yli

During or throughout the night, especially during the evening or night just past.

yöpaita

A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.

yöperhonen

Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

yöpöytä

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

yöpuku

Clothing worn while sleeping in bed, such as pyjamas or a nightgown, and, when worn over nightclothes, a robe.

yöpyminen

(countable) An evening or night spent at a particular activity.

York

A city, unitary authority, and borough of North Yorkshire, England.

Yorkshire

England's largest county. Situated in the north-east of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.

yösija

A prepared spot in which to spend the night.

yötä

See also individual entries for phrasal verbs: go over, hand over, run over, take over, win over, etc.

yötyö

Work which is carried out at night. [from 16th c.]

yöuni

(astronomy, countable) The period of darkness beginning at the end of evening astronomical twilight when the sun is 18 degrees below the horizon, and ending at the beginning of morning astronomical twilight.

YouTube

(countable) Any website that allows users to upload content, particularly YouTube itself.

yövartio

A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night.

yrittää

(archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.

yrittää paeta

(intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

yrittää tehdä pisteitä

(roller derby) To attempt to score points.

yrittäjä

A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks. [from 1762]

yrittäjyys

The quality of being an entrepreneur.

yritteliäisyys

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

yritteliäs

Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.

yritykset

(uncountable) Private commercial interests taken collectively.

yritys

(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.

yritys ja erehdys

(arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and error.

yritysfuusio

(economics) The legal union of two or more corporations into a single entity, typically assets and liabilities being assumed by the buying party.

yrityskauppa

The act or process of acquiring.

yritysosto

(finance) The acquisition of a controlling interest in a business or corporation by outright purchase or by purchase of a majority of issued shares of stock.

yritystoiminta

(uncountable) Commercial, industrial, or professional activity.

Yrjö

A en given name; also used in the conjoined name George Ann(e).

yrjötä

(slang) To vomit.